Railway-joint.



- UNIT-ED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent o.

I RAI LwAY-Jol'N-r.

681,075, dated August 2o, 1901..

nppnctnonsnalpm27,1901. stanno. amas. (Nomads.)

3 To a/ZZ whom t may concern: n s NN N Be it known'that we, GEORGE T. PERKINS f lWand MILTON HILL, citizens of the United N I States, residing at Cleveland, inthe county of Lesueur and State of Minnesota, have in- 1 vented certain new andI useful Improvements s in Railway-Joints; and we do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact de- N s scriptionof the invention, such as will en- `1o` ableothers skilled in the art to which it api I s 1N pertains to make and use the same.

` Thisinvention has relationto railway rail I I joints or fasteners, and has for its object the I provision of 11N i5 construction intended and adapted Ito secure .j :railway-rails in proper alinement, prevent 1 I-breakage, permit of longitudinal movement ,er play of the rails under changes in temper- I `atl-1re, and lockN or secure the,I rails against j In :neglongitudinat displacement when subjected to I@ the thrustor pullof heavy loads and on 1 `gsteep grades. `The invention consists in the novel construction and combination of parts, as here- N t `51 inafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, illustrating- `-the invention, Figure 'l is a side elevation of j j j i l our improved-rail joint or fastener applied to 1 I. the `ands of two alined rails. Fig.2 is a horif 3c fzontal section on the line X X of Fig. l. Fig. N 3 `is a vertical transverse section on the line ,"Y Y of Fig. l. I

`Referring'to the drawings, A A designate N N `tl1`e1"ails, and `B the ish-plates, which latter j 3135` are formed integral with the blocks or abut- 1 1 `ments C C and designed to fit against the j web of the rail, between the head and bottom "l L .'flang'es.` The fish-plates B B are formed with I l VIbolt-holes D D to secure them to'the'rails, IN j aoand the latter are formed with longitudinal l slots d d for the passage of said bolts, the .i slotsbeiugofsuiiicient'length toallowtherails Ito contract and expand under thel changes of j I` Atemperature without strain on the joint struc- Iture.I

`The abutments C C are formed with square .I i `bases E, which rest in recesses in the ties F and are secured thereto by spikes e e, the s. ends of the recesses being close to the ends d `5o `ofthe abntments C C, so that when the parts joints is prevented.

a rail joint or fastener of novel vnotches in their bases,

l are inposition 'spreading of the rails at the The abutments are notched or recessed at G, so asto embrace the rails at their bases b b. and extend under the rails until their inner ends meet or approximately meet.

Vertical holes c c are bored through the ssN abutments C C,and through these'holes spikes I are driven into the tie, the spikes passing through the notches or recesses Gand th rough slightly-elongated notches h h, formed in the bases of the rails, thus securely fastening the fish-plates andtheir abutments to the tie, while allowing the rails to slightly yield lengthwise under strain or changes of temperature. l

By the structures herein described the railfastening or joint-securing devices are firmly attached to the tie, so that they cannot be moved either lengthwise ofthe rails or laterally. The rails lare firmly secured against spreading or any" displacement-or shifting other than is necessary for safety and expediency. v

The abutments C C are com parativelymassive, forming' strengthening reinforcements to the fish-plates and bracing the rails at points near the joint. As illustrated, the abutments begin at the upper edges of the fish-plates, where for a short distance they form a thickening of the latter, as atk. The upper surfaces proper of the abutments are leveled, and from such surfaces the sides of the abutment dare outwardly to their bases E,which extend some distance farther te form iianges for the reception of the heads of the spikes. The two abutments when in position withthe {ish-plates in contact with the webs of therails form a compact, steady, and secure rail-chair.

Having described our invention, what we claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is.- I

1'. In railway-rail joints, the combination with the rails having elongated bolt holes o r slots through their web portions and elongated of the combined iishplates and rail-supports,comprisiug the plates B, B, and the abutments C, C, the latter being formed with notches or recesses G G t0 receive the bases of the rails,

and with spikeholes c, c,

substantially as described.

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2. In railway-rail joints, the coinbination with the rails having elongated bolt-holes in their,1 webs,` and elongated notches'in theii.l

' .j bases','of the recessed tie, and the combinedl rail chair and joint orvjoint connection, ceinprising the sh-plates B, B, and the abut-` ments C, C, foi-med integral therewith, said Y abutments beingA formed with vertical holes through which spikes pass into the* tie and 'thongh the Mil-notches substantial scribed.

ly'as de- 1o In testimony whereof` We x our `signa- A. A. STONE, FRANK WILCOX; i

KINS. 

